"The way I would describe a pictorial is that it is a picture that makes everybody say â€˜Aaaaah,â€™ with five vowels when they see it. It is something you would like to hang on the wall. The french word â€˜photogeniqueâ€™ defines it better than anything in English. It is a picture which must have quality, drama, and it must, in addition, be as good technically as you can possible make it."

-- Alfred Eisenstaedt

#Wall Quotes #Drama Quotes #Quality Quotes

“I certainly donâ€™t believe in religion, although I find it fascinating that itâ€™s become so powerful in the world and itâ€™s kind of dictated morals down through societies for thousands of years, but I donâ€™t see the hand of God at work in the world anywhere.”
“Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.”
“To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different.”
“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.”
“Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.”
“We identify New York with the great bridges and tunnels and roadways and subway system and so forth.”

Source : "The Next American System". Blueprint America Interview, www.pbs.org. May 20, 2009.
“When was the last time you heard an insightful, inspiring piece of oratory from an Australian political leader, an appeal to what is pure and true within humanity: a statement of belief backed by ideas for change betterment, a call to those immutable values wherein lie the potential greatness of people individually and collectively? Such exhortation, such leadership is lamentably scarce.”
“Its a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.”

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